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authorLibravatar Štěpán Němec <stepan.nemec@gmail.com>2010-10-08 20:40:32 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-10-08 12:30:52 -0700
commit01398df31cd5a667faa005e85eb3c9aac66aaf44 (patch)
treefa3387b0d7a5cdd18ef8c64e9192d7bf6e80eafc /Documentation/diff-options.txt
parentUse angles for placeholders consistently (diff)
downloadtgif-01398df31cd5a667faa005e85eb3c9aac66aaf44.tar.xz
Fix odd markup in --diff-filter documentation
Instead of using the regex-like bracket expression, use grouping to make it more consistent with other similar places. The brackets now have the same meaning as in other documentation (i.e., the argument is optional). Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> Mentored-and-Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
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@@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ endif::git-log[]
If `n` is specified, it has the same meaning as for `-M<n>`.
ifndef::git-format-patch[]
---diff-filter=[ACDMRTUXB*]::
+--diff-filter=[(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]::
Select only files that are Added (`A`), Copied (`C`),
Deleted (`D`), Modified (`M`), Renamed (`R`), have their
type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (`T`),
are Unmerged (`U`), are
Unknown (`X`), or have had their pairing Broken (`B`).
- Any combination of the filter characters may be used.
+ Any combination of the filter characters (including none) can be used.
When `*` (All-or-none) is added to the combination, all
paths are selected if there is any file that matches
other criteria in the comparison; if there is no file